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crime

Mathematicians offer tip-offs to LAPD

Physics

Mathematicians offer tip-offs to LAPD

Two new equations describe how crime hotspots form – and what police can do about them

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US networks and power grid under (mock) cyber-attack

Technology

US networks and power grid under (mock) cyber-attack

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USB fingerprints identify 'pod slurping' data thieves

Technology

USB fingerprints identify 'pod slurping' data thieves

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Somali pirates hold science to ransom

Earth

Somali pirates hold science to ransom

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A telescope that sets its sights on cyber-crime

Technology

A telescope that sets its sights on cyber-crime

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Technology

Email accounts at risk from not-so-secret questions

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Benevolent hackers poke holes in e-banking

Technology

Benevolent hackers poke holes in e-banking

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To beat spam, turn its own weapons against it

Technology

To beat spam, turn its own weapons against it

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'Bugnets' eavesdrop on you wherever you go

Technology

'Bugnets' eavesdrop on you wherever you go

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How touch screens could shrug off shoulder surfers

Technology

How touch screens could shrug off shoulder surfers

They make it easier for onlookers to spy pass codes, but touch screens' flexibility could be the source of easy-to-use, secure alternatives to PINs

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Life

The psychological tricks that scammers use

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Technology

Your keyboard knows that it's you and you're stressed

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Technology

Robot border guards to patrol future frontiers

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Unreliable evidence? Time to open up DNA databases

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